Tchimo lonse kwenikweni ndi dyera; tchimo lonse ndi kusankha kupereka chinachake chimene ndikufuna. Umu ndi momwe tilili monga anthu, ndi mbali ya chikhalidwe chathu chaumunthu. Koma, ife anasankhidwa kutsatira Yesu, kutsatira mapazi Ake, kukhala ndi moyo wathu monga Iye anakhala moyo Wake, kugonjetsa uchimo. (1 Petro 2:21.) Sitikutanthauzidwa kuti "tigwidwe" ndi chikhalidwe chathu chaumunthu ndi zizolowezi za anthu, popanda njira yotulukira.
Koma tingatsatire mapazi a Yesu pokhapokha ngati tasankha kusiya kukhala ndi moyo kwa ife eni ndi kukhala ndi moyo kotheratu kaamba ka chifuniro cha Mulungu m'malo mwa chathu. Monga momwe limanenera pa Afilipi 2:3 (NCV): "Mukamachita zinthu, musalole kudzikonda kapena kunyada kukhala chitsogozo chanu ..."
Zotsatira za dyera
Ngati ndife odzikonda m'malo monena kuti Ayi pamene tikuyesedwa, timakhala osakondwa kwambiri, monga momwe timawerengera pa Yakobo 3:16 (NCV): "Kumene kuli nsanje ndi dyera, padzakhala chisokonezo ndi mtundu uliwonse wa zoipa." Tikasankha kukhala odzikonda m'njira iliyonse (monga kukhala aumbombo, kuchita nsanje m'malo mosangalala chifukwa cha ena, kuchita zinthu zimene tikudziwa kuti n'zolakwika), tidzapitirizabe kukhumudwa, kusasangalala ndi kutayika, ndipo sitingapite patsogolo mwauzimu.
Ngati tipanga zosankha zadyera ndipo sitilapa, tidzataya kugwirizana kwathu ndi moyo ndi Mulungu. Sitingapitirize kukhala ndi moyo pang'ono kwa ife eni, kufuna kuchita chifuniro chathu, ndiponso kukhala ndi moyo kwa Mulungu. Pamenepo tikuyesa kutsatira Mulungu ndi dziko panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, ndipo Mulungu sadzapereka dalitso Lake kwa anthu oterowo. (Chivumbulutso 3:16.)
Mmene timagonjetsera dyera
Yesu akuti pa Luka 9:23 (CEB), "Onse ofuna kubwera pambuyo panga ayenera kukana okha, kutenga mtanda wawo tsiku ndi tsiku, ndi kunditsatira."
Mu vesi losavuta limenelo, Yesu amatipatsa mfungulo ya kumwamba ndi zipatso za Mzimu, monga chimwemwe, kuleza mtima, ubwino etc. Yesu akunena pano kuti ngati tikufuna kumutsatira Iye, tifunikira kutenga mtanda wathu tsiku ndi tsiku, tiyenera kukana chifuniro chathu ndi zilakolako zake zauchimo ndi zizoloŵezi zake tsiku ndi tsiku, m'mikhalidwe yonse. Osati kamodzi kapena kawiri, osati nthawi zina, koma nthawi zonse. Umu ndi mmene Yesu anakhalira moyo Wake tsiku lililonse, ndipo umu ndi mmene timatanthauzidwira kukhala ndi moyo wathu tsiku lililonse.
Tikamasiya moyo wathu kuti tikhale ndi moyo chifukwa cha Mulungu - kusiya malingaliro athu, zokhumba, zizolowezi zauchimo - timapeza moyo wopindulitsa kwambiri, wosangalala, komanso wokhutiritsa wotheka pano padziko lapansi, NDIPO timapeza zipatso za Mzimu, chilengedwe chathu chimasintha kuti chikhale ngati chikhalidwe cha Yesu. "Ngati muyesa kumamatira ku moyo wanu, mudzataya. Koma ngati mupereka moyo wanu chifukwa cha ine, mudzaupulumutsa." Luka 9:24 (NLT).
Kukhalabe m'chikondi ndiko kuthaŵa kutali ndi dyera lonse, monga momwe limanenera pa Yohane 15:13 kuti: "Chikondi chachikulu chilibe wina woposa ichi, kuposa kuika moyo wa munthu pa mabwenzi ake." Pamene tigonjetsa uchimo m'miyoyo yathu yaumwini, timakhala tikudzipulumutsa tokha, ndiponso kuthandiza anthu otizungulira, monga momwe zalembedwera pa 1 Timoteo 4:16. Sitimaika ena patsogolo pokhapokha ngati tikuona kuti tikufuna, kapena pamene tikuona kuti akuyenera ubwino. Ayi, timachita m'chikondi nthawi zonse, chifukwa cha Yesu, chifukwa timamukonda ndipo nthawi zonse timafuna kutsatira malamulo Ake.
Yesu anachita mchitidwe waukulu koposa wa kupanda dyera mwa kutsika padziko lapansi ndi kutitheketsa kugonjetsa uchimo m'mikhalidwe yonse, ndipo potsirizira pake kutifera pamtanda. Ichi ndi chikondi chachikulu kwambiri chimene chinalipo. Mu Luka 22:42 (GW) tikhoza kuona mmene anasankhira Iye kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu – ngakhale pamene Iye ankadziwa kuti Iye akuyang'anizana ndi imfa, Iye anasankha kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu ndipo konse Ake: "Atate, ngati ndi chifuniro chanu, chotsani chikho ichi [cha kuvutika] kwa ine. Komabe, chifuniro chanu chiyenera kuchitidwa, osati changa."
Moyo wokhutiritsa
Monga munthu, Yesu anadutsa mitundu yonse ya mikhalidwe imene Iye anayesedwa m'njira iriyonse monga ife tiri, ndipo Iye anagonjetsa mwa onsewo, osagonja konse ku uchimo kapena ku chifuniro Chake. (Ahebri 4:15.) Pa Yohane 16:33 Iye akuti: "... kukhala wa chisangalalo chabwino, ndagonjetsa dziko." Pamene tikuona kuti tilibe mphamvu yolimbana ndi chikhumbo chathu chadyera chofuna kuchimwa mu mkhalidwe wina, tikhoza kungopemphera, ndi kukhulupirira, ndipo tidzalandira thandizo limene tikufunikira, monga momwe lalembedwera pa Mateyu 21:22 (GNT): "Ngati mukhulupirira, mudzalandira chilichonse chimene mungapemphe m'pemphero."
Munthu aliyense ali mtumiki wa Mulungu, kapena amatumikira chifuniro chawo chachibadwa ndi uchimo. (Aroma 6:16.) Ngati ndife mtumiki wa Mulungu, zimabweretsa chimwemwe ndi thandizo kwa anthu ndi dziko. Ndipo koposa zonse, ife eni timasintha ndipo zimenezo sizingachotsedwe kwa ife. Timakhala omasuka kwambiri ku tchimo lathu.
Ngati tigonja ku dyera, moyo umakhala wopanda pake. Koma Mulungu akufuna kuti tikhale ndi moyo wosangalala kwambiri, wokhutiritsa kwambiri, monga momwe limanenera pa Yeremiya 29:11 (CEB): "Ndikudziwa zolinga zimene ndili nazo m'maganizo mwa inu, akulengeza Yehova; iwo ndi makonzedwe a mtendere, osati tsoka, kuti akupatseni tsogolo lodzala ndi chiyembekezo." Mtendere ndi tsogolo chiyembekezo ndi zimene timapeza pamene tikukhala kwa Iye m'malo tokha!